Honeymoon // Lana del Rey
Arguably the most hotly anticipated follow-up of 2015, Lana del Rey looks to continue the success of her three major label releases to achieve yet another number one album. Images of smoky jazz bars and artistically noir melodies are instantly conjured to the mind whenever Honeymoon is mentioned – linking heavily to Lana del Rey’s trademark style. Shrouded in mystery and ambiguity, little is known about the album itself, and this creates a stark contrast to the numerous heavily-promoted albums that litter the charts. The album, much like Lana herself, remains elusive and aloof, with the exclusive teaser being drip-fed throughout the spheres of Twitter and Instagram.
Interviews and the singer’s personal social media accounts have revealed we can expect a cover of Nina Simone’s ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’, as well as a collaboration with Mark Ronson, establishing the album as something that will become the must-listen to record. Alluding to her sound in Grazia as “close to the golden age of jazz” and to be filled with “majestic choruses” and “beautiful orchestrations”, Honeymoon appears to be aiming for a sense of grandeur that sees a definitive shift from pop-based jazz to something more definitively jazzy. Yet, naturally, the self-defined “gangster Nancy Sinatra” will ooze from each chord. The album will serve as something that will divide the masses, but will undoubtedly establish itself as one of the year’s best albums.
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